This is an H-1B cap alert. And no, this is not about the FY 2004 H-1B cap, which as everyone knows was reached last month. We are talking about the FY 2005 cap. Yes, FY 2005, which starts October 1, 2004. The best current analysis says "It is conceivable that, absent a legislative fix, all FY 2005 cap numbers could be exhausted before the new fiscal year even begins." This quote is from today's Featured Article by Austin T. Fragomen, Jr. which discusses planning for FY 2005 H-1B employment, unresolved H-1B issues, and visa options in the wake of the H-1B cap case cut-off. For the article, see: http://www.ilw.com/articles/2004,0330-fragomen.shtm.

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Both Minor And Miinor's Custodian Must Be Served With Notice Of Future Immigration Proceedings
In Flores-Chavez v. Ashcroft, No. 01-70748 (9th Cir. Mar. 25, 2004), the court said that when the INS releases a minor alien to an adult's custody pursuant to 8 C.F.R. 242.24, thereby making that adult responsible for the minor's future appearance
at immigration proceedings, the agency must serve notice of the minor’s rights and responsibilities upon that
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President Bush Continues To Push His Temporary Worker Plan
During remarks in New Mexico to first-time homebuyers, President Bush said, "In order to make sure the economy runs well, in order to make sure we treat people humanely, we need a temporary worker plan. It makes sense to do that. I look forward to working with Congress to get something reasonable out."

Labor Unions Call For Amnesty Of Undocumented
The New York Times reports "In February 2000, leaders of the A.F.L.-C.I.O. agreed on a major shift in immigration strategy. After decades of mistrust of immigration, its executive council was now calling for an amnesty for the millions of illegal immigrants living and working in the US."

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Dear Editor:
Actually, the most effective solution to the terrorism problem which is
within our power to implement is to end all military economic and political
support to Israel, oversee real elections in Iraq and withdraw as quickly
as the new Iraqi government desires. But lacking that, the US has no
choice but to place a great deal of emphasis upon immigration as a means of
combatting anti-American assaults. To say that "the only effective measure
to stop the al-Qaida threat is to eliminate it at its source overseas" is
little different than saying that the only effective measure to stop the
Palestinian threat to Israel is to eliminate it at its source. If Israel's
occupation of Palestinian territories and assassination of their leadership
has not enabled it to thwart attacks on itself, how much less likely of
success are any conceivable US offensive actions against Al-Qaeda? The
only measure which has shown Israel any reasonable degree of success to
date has been the sealing off of the Gaza Strip, resulting in a radical
reduction of attacks from that area (virtually all successful attacks on
Israel now come from the West Bank). Given the fact that the US has
neither the will nor the resources to occupy the entire Muslim World to
begin with (Cheney et al to the contrary), nor the common sense to simply
leave it alone, then it appears that we must put our primary emphasis upon
defensive measures. Although we cannot seal ourselves off from the outside
world, the US nevertheless has no choice but to exercise the most
vigorous scrutiny of those seeking to enter from abroad. Nothing could
better vindicate Ann Coulter's charge that "liberals" are fundamentally
unpatriotic then to advocate putting the desires of nonresidents to enter
this country over the security of the people already here. It is, after
all, one thing to ask Americans to risk losing their jobs for the sake
of liberal immigration policies. It is quite another to ask them to risk
their lives.

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